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TheMiss Texas Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state ofTexas in theMiss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is part of the Miss USA organization.

Texas is in the top 5 most successful states at Miss Teen USA in terms of number and value of placements. AlongsideOregon they are the only two states to have produced three winners.

Laika Kayani Patel ofAustin was crowned Miss Texas Teen USA 2025 on May 4, 2025, atHilton Houston Post Oak inHouston. She represented Texas atMiss Teen USA 2025.

Texas's best performance came in the 1980s, where they placed in all but one year and were runners-up on five occasions. Despite this, they still placed second toNew York in that decade in terms of number and value of placements.^[1] Despite being on top overall, Texas has never been the best state in any particular decade.

Texas is one of the most successful states across all thirty-seven years of competition atMiss Teen USA. They have had seventeen semi-finalists, three more than any other state. They have won the crown three times (along withOregon), in 1996 whenChristie Lee Woods took the title (Woods later went on to star inThe Amazing Race 5 andThe Amazing Race 31) and 15 years later in 2011 whenDanielle Doty won.Karlie Hay became the third Texan entrant to win the crown in 2016. Texas and the state of Oregon are the only states to have won Miss Teen USA three times. Texas has also won several awards, including Miss Photogenic in 2010.

While a number of Texas teens have competed for theMiss Texas USA title, only six have won both pageants. The most successful of these was Nicole O'Brian, who placed 1st runner-up at Miss Teen USA and 2nd runner-up atMiss USA. O'Brien also competed alongside Woods onThe Amazing Race 5. Woods was the firstMiss Teen USA to not win a Miss title on her first attempt, and despite competing in a number of years never won the Miss Texas USA crown.

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• Miss Teen USAs:Christie Lee Woods (1996),Danielle Doty (2011),Karlie Hay (2016)
• 1st runners-up: Rebecca "Becky" Pestana (1986), Nicole O'Brian (2000)
• 2nd runner-up: Landry Davis (2021)
• 3rd runners-up: Konae Wehle (1985), Kristi Wright (1989), Katherine Perello (2001), Haylee Elyse Puckett (2023)
• 4th runners-up: Sheri Scholz (1983), Charlene Molinar (1984)
• Top 6: Becky Fisher (1990)
• Top 10: Libby Pelton (1988), Christie Cole (1998), Misty Giles (1999), Laika Kalyani Patel (2025)
• Top 12: Kara Williams (1991)
• Top 15: Tye Felan (2003),Magen Ellis (2004), Kellie Stewart (2014), Chloe Kembel (2015), Kirby Lindley (2017)
• Top 20: Dallyn Pesek (2024)

Texas holds a record of 24 placements at Miss Teen USA.

• Style Award: Andria Mullins (1997)
• Swimsuit award: Nicole O'Brian (2000), Katherine Perello (2001)
• Miss Photogenic: Chelsea Morgensen (2010)

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

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